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Posts published in July 2012

Hack & Squirt, Part 2

From a ridgetop knoll on Bald Hill, in Anderson Valley's “Deep End,” the Rancho Navarro home of Elaine and Mike Kalantarian affords a generous view…

An Irreplaceable Man

Alexander Cockburn, the most incisive political journalist of our time died on Friday, July 19. The cause was cancer. We were friends for many years.…

Cautionary Tales

“My stories run up and bite me on the leg, and I respond by writing down everything that goes on during the bite. When I…

Mendocino County’s Leaky Lifeboat

In the interest of preserving the reader's mental health, we've edited Mental Health Director Stacey Cryer psuedo-responses to a Grand Jury report that described her agency as a drastic failure.

Cruel & Unusual Appropriateness

On Friday, July 20th, Marvin Johnson and Simon Thornton were sentenced to prison for the murder of Joe Litteral and the attempted murder of Brandon…

Off The Record

COUNTY GOVERNMENT, always abreast of breaking news, distributed this unsigned announcement Monday: “Dear County Employees, The County flags will be flown at half mast as…

Valley People

THE JOHNSON RANCH, Boonville, is located on the Boonville end of the Ukiah-Boonville Road. Gary Johnson was driving past his ranch Wednesday afternoon a little…

Save The Yaks

Coralee Whitsett, a marine biologist currently managing the aquarium at the Point Cabrillo lighthouse north of Mendocino, has a surprising mission in life — raising…

Mendocino County Today: July 23, 2012

THE NATION MAGAZINE characterizes the late Alexander Cockburn's life as a “Fierce, protracted resistance in the defense of democracy.” That's certainly true of Cockburn, but…

Mendocino County Today: July 22, 2012

ALEXANDER COCKBURN — 1941-2012 Farewell, Alex, My Friend by Jeffrey St. Clair Our friend and comrade Alexander Cockburn died Friday night in Germany, after a fierce…

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